People · United States
Isaac Smith
2×2 · top 4.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022SMIT54
Isaac Smith has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.01, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,927th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2022, he has put 342 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.23 in October 2022 to 12.96, a 47% improvement. Isaac has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.01 | 4.16 | top 4.8% | 1,927 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 7.82 | 9.32 | top 14.3% | 1,095 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.41 | 7.26 | top 15.8% | 4,184 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 12.96 | 16.08 | top 17.3% | 9,252 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.91 | 6.15 | top 17.4% | 2,759 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.22 | 1:09.54 | top 42.0% | 6,896 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:45.47 | — | top 68.3% | 5,259 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:46.77 | — | top 73.4% | 6,503 / 9,401 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at SPAMtown II 2023.
- 28 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.92 at Cubetcha 2023.
- 28 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubetcha 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.73 at OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023.
- 27 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Melt 2023.
- 22 Oct 2022First competition: Rochester Fall 2022. A 24.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Solve La Crosse 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Warm Up 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Eau Claire 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- SPAMtown II 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubetcha 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Day 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Rochester Fall 2022 · 22 Oct 2022
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Nathan Rahn — met in 76 rounds, never finished ahead
- Andrew Tyberg — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Carter Kucala — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.